Hello,
Got a 2 bird problem hoping to fix with one stone.. So have a 55 inch Samsung UN55D7000 smart TV in the living room that has a terrible web browser that doesn’t work right as well as storage space and backup issues for about 600 Gigs of content. Currently using a stock i3 Dell Inspiron 620 in the back office as a Plex server that has a 500 Gig HDD that streams direct files to the Plex app on the Samsung smart TV. I keep half of the TV seasons I'm watching and all unseen movies on the Dell and manually backup everything to a 1 Tb WD passport portable HDD every week or so. I’d like to get a device(s) so can browse the web and download content on the sofa in the living room instead of just the Dell in the back office as well as a much better backup solution that is automated and have come up with 3 potential solutions in the $500-600 range. Most of my files are SD or like 360p although some are 720, the house has wired Gigabit Ethernet and the Dell is slated to be upgraded with a 250 Gig SSD, 8 Gigs of memory and a Geforce GTX 750 ti graphics card that need to be installed. Its just me streaming mostly to the TV and occasionally the tablet. Have ruled out android devices as would like multiple browser windows and access to pop up and ad blocker extensions like uBlock origin.
#1. Get a mini pc like the Bmax B4 Pro which has an i3 and 250 Gig nvme SSD, and get an internal 2Tb 2.5 inch HDD for it for web browsing and downloading on the Samsung TV and upgrade the Dell with a 2 Tb HDD and share out the content folders of each and figure out a way to auto synchronize between them as well as a 2 Tb portable HDD for non -attached backup.
#2. Get a mini pc like the Pepper Jobs GLK-UC2X for web browsing on Samsung TV and download files to Synology DiskStation DS220j 2 Bay NAS with either 2 Tb or 4 Tb Ironwolf drives as well as a 2 or 4 Tb portable HDD for non-attached backup.
#3. Get a NAS with an HDMI port like the QNAP TS-253Be with either 2 Tb or 4 Tb Ironwolf drives and hook that up directly to the TV and browse web and download on one device as well as a 2 to 4 Tb portable HDD for non-attached backup.
Can’t figure out and decide between the options and don’t know if should think of this like stereo equipment where seperates are better. Do have concerns with all the options. For the first one think the shared folder backup auto synchronizing probably wouldn’t work well and centralized file location/ management would be better. With #2, how its all gonna work together with multiple devices and for #3 if the QNAP NAS chrome browser supports multiple windows and pop up and ad blocker extensions like ublock origin as well as having on screen keyboard. Would like something that’s easy to operate/ minimal management once set up and would consider other products and options within the budget and might spend a little more for better features or future proofing. Any feedback/ suggestions/ recommendations appreciated.
Thank you,
Hans
Got a 2 bird problem hoping to fix with one stone.. So have a 55 inch Samsung UN55D7000 smart TV in the living room that has a terrible web browser that doesn’t work right as well as storage space and backup issues for about 600 Gigs of content. Currently using a stock i3 Dell Inspiron 620 in the back office as a Plex server that has a 500 Gig HDD that streams direct files to the Plex app on the Samsung smart TV. I keep half of the TV seasons I'm watching and all unseen movies on the Dell and manually backup everything to a 1 Tb WD passport portable HDD every week or so. I’d like to get a device(s) so can browse the web and download content on the sofa in the living room instead of just the Dell in the back office as well as a much better backup solution that is automated and have come up with 3 potential solutions in the $500-600 range. Most of my files are SD or like 360p although some are 720, the house has wired Gigabit Ethernet and the Dell is slated to be upgraded with a 250 Gig SSD, 8 Gigs of memory and a Geforce GTX 750 ti graphics card that need to be installed. Its just me streaming mostly to the TV and occasionally the tablet. Have ruled out android devices as would like multiple browser windows and access to pop up and ad blocker extensions like uBlock origin.
#1. Get a mini pc like the Bmax B4 Pro which has an i3 and 250 Gig nvme SSD, and get an internal 2Tb 2.5 inch HDD for it for web browsing and downloading on the Samsung TV and upgrade the Dell with a 2 Tb HDD and share out the content folders of each and figure out a way to auto synchronize between them as well as a 2 Tb portable HDD for non -attached backup.
#2. Get a mini pc like the Pepper Jobs GLK-UC2X for web browsing on Samsung TV and download files to Synology DiskStation DS220j 2 Bay NAS with either 2 Tb or 4 Tb Ironwolf drives as well as a 2 or 4 Tb portable HDD for non-attached backup.
#3. Get a NAS with an HDMI port like the QNAP TS-253Be with either 2 Tb or 4 Tb Ironwolf drives and hook that up directly to the TV and browse web and download on one device as well as a 2 to 4 Tb portable HDD for non-attached backup.
Can’t figure out and decide between the options and don’t know if should think of this like stereo equipment where seperates are better. Do have concerns with all the options. For the first one think the shared folder backup auto synchronizing probably wouldn’t work well and centralized file location/ management would be better. With #2, how its all gonna work together with multiple devices and for #3 if the QNAP NAS chrome browser supports multiple windows and pop up and ad blocker extensions like ublock origin as well as having on screen keyboard. Would like something that’s easy to operate/ minimal management once set up and would consider other products and options within the budget and might spend a little more for better features or future proofing. Any feedback/ suggestions/ recommendations appreciated.
Thank you,
Hans
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